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Charles S. Zender publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles S. Zender sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Charles S. Zender D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles S. Zender sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Charles S. Zender is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans several fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a substantial number of publications in Environmental Science.

Their work concentrates on specific subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes. Key research topics covered by this scientist encompass Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Recurring publication venues for Charles S. Zender include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher are:

  • Jean-Christophe Golaz
  • Cheng Dang
  • M. Flanner
  • Matthew K. Laffin
  • Chloe A. Whicker-Clarke

Notable recent papers by Charles S. Zender include:

  • The DOE E3SM Model Version 2: Overview of the Physical Model and Initial Model Evaluation (2022), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Convection-Permitting Simulations With the E3SM Global Atmosphere Model (2021), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • SNICAR-ADv3: a community tool for modeling spectral snow albedo (2021), Geoscientific model development
  • Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence for Calibration of Hyperspectral Big Data (2021), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Climatology and Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula Föhn Wind-Induced Melt Regime From 1979-2018 (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

    Tami C. Bond;Sarah J. Doherty;D. W. Fahey;Piers Forster

  • Present-day climate forcing and response from black carbon in snow

    Mark G. Flanner;Charles S. Zender;James T. Randerson;Philip J. Rasch

  • Mineral Dust Entrainment and Deposition (DEAD) model: Description and 1990s dust climatology

    Charles S. Zender;Huisheng Bian;David Newman

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming.

    J. T. Randerson;H. Liu;M. G. Flanner;S. D. Chambers

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution

    Jean Christophe Golaz;Peter M. Caldwell;Luke P. Van Roekel;Mark R. Petersen

  • Change in atmospheric mineral aerosols in response to climate: Last glacial period, preindustrial, modern, and doubled carbon dioxide climates

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Daniel R. Muhs;Samuel Levis;Philip J. Rasch

  • 20th-century industrial black carbon emissions altered Arctic climate forcing.

    Joseph R. McConnell;Ross Edwards;Gregory L. Kok;Mark G. Flanner

  • Springtime warming and reduced snow cover from carbonaceous particles

    M. G. Flanner;C. S. Zender;P. G. Hess;P. G. Hess;N. M. Mahowald;N. M. Mahowald

  • Linking snowpack microphysics and albedo evolution

    Mark G. Flanner;Charles S. Zender

  • Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry

    Natalie Mahowald;Silvia Kloster;S. Engelstaedter;Jefferson Keith Moore

  • A monthly and latitudinally varying volcanic forcing dataset in simulations of 20th century climate

    Caspar M. Ammann;Gerald A. Meehl;Warren M. Washington;Charles S. Zender

  • Quantifying mineral dust mass budgets:Terminology, constraints, and current estimates

    C. S. Zender;R. L.R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

  • Simulating aerosols using a chemical transport model with assimilation of satellite aerosol retrievals: Methodology for INDOEX

    William D. Collins;Phillip J. Rasch;Brian E. Eaton;Boris V. Khattatov

  • Impact of Desert Dust Radiative Forcing on Sahel Precipitation: Relative Importance of Dust Compared to Sea Surface Temperature Variations, Vegetation Changes, and Greenhouse Gas Warming

    Masaru Yoshioka;Natalie M Mahowald;Andrew J Conley;William D Collins

  • Improved dust representation in the Community Atmosphere Model

    S. Albani;S. Albani;N. M. Mahowald;A. T. Perry;R. A. Scanza

  • An Overview of the Atmospheric Component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model

    P. J. Rasch;S. Xie;P.-L. Ma;W. Lin

  • Spatial heterogeneity in aeolian erodibility: Uniform, topographic, geomorphic, and hydrologic hypotheses

    Charles S. Zender;David Newman;Omar Torres

  • Recent Northern Hemisphere tropical expansion primarily driven by black carbon and tropospheric ozone

    Robert J. Allen;Steven C. Sherwood;Joel R. Norris;Charles S. Zender

  • The DOE E3SM Model Version 2: Overview of the Physical Model and Initial Model Evaluation

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  • Present day Climate Forcing and Response from Black Carbon in Snow

    M. G. Flanner;C. S. Zender;J. T. Randerson;P. J. Rasch

  • Impact of Desert Dust Radiative Forcing on Sahel Precipitation

    M. Yoshioka;N. Mahowald;A. Conley;D. Fillmore

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Flanner
Mark Flanner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Philip J. Rasch
Philip J. Rasch Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
William D. Collins
William D. Collins Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter Hess
Peter Hess Cornell University
Huisheng Bian
Huisheng Bian University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dorothy Koch
Dorothy Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Samuel Albani
Samuel Albani University of Milano-Bicocca

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